Sunset in Hayama

Japan News Articles. November 23 - 29

• Is Tokyo killing the rest of Japan? | The Japan Times

• Au Japon, le chômage au plus bas depuis 20 ans... sans aucune croissance

• Court acquits Kikuchi of 1995 Aum bombing, deeming she was unaware of plot | The Japan Times

• Japan's farming crisis worsens as one in five workers abandoned roots in past five years | The Japan Times

• Weak economic data underline pitfalls of Abenomics | The Japan Times

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• Japan hervat walvisjacht, ondanks uitspraak Internationaal Gerechtshof - Dierenwelzijn - TROUW

• Japan Puzzled By Bodies On Drifting Boats

• The Willfully Unemployed of Japan Have Their Own Mecha Manga

• China verkneukelt zich om naam kalkoen Abe - AD.nl

• Japan To Send 500 Troops To Ishigaki Islands Near Disputed East China Sea

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• Japan Plans to Deploy Troops Near Disputed Islands - NYTimes.com

• Japan Plans to Deploy Troops Near Disputed Islands - ABC News

• A Chevy in Japan is indeed a rare sight. But why? | Tampa Bay Times

• Japan Saying Sayonara to Long Hours at the Office - WSJ

• Japan struggles to save shrinking, aging agriculture industry

• Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 komt alleen in Japan uit - Nieuws - InsideGamer

• Japan's immigration policy rift widens as population decline forces need for foreign workers | The Japan Times

• Japan and the war on terror | The Japan Times

• Japan waiters compete in 'balancing' race - BBC News

• Butter prices soar in Japan amid renewed shortage | Business | DW.COM | 25.11.2015

• Japanese dairy market: Butter prices may hit record levels this winter- Nikkei Asian Review

• Tasty to the eyes: Japan's fake food - CBS News

• Japan’s butter shortages illustrate long-distorted food policies - FT.com

• Japan government plans to raise minimum wage in stimulus package to revive economy | Reuters

• BBC Radio 2 - BBC Radio New Comedy Award, And the winner is...Yuriko Kotani

• No sex talk please, we're Japanese | The Japan Times

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Japan News Articles. November 16 - 22

• Only 11% of Japanese people “willing to fight for their country” | RocketNews24

• Roanoke Mayor Apologizes for Japanese Internment Remarks - NYTimes.com

• Shiseido's Gender-Shifting Makeup Ad Wins Grand Prix in Film at Epica Awards | Adweek

• Split clears a path for Constitution revisionists | The Japan Times

• Japan ends ‘love hotels’ affair in favour of hostels - FT.com

• Press gets tense over possible terrorism in Tokyo | The Japan Times

• Daniël Ost: “Ik wilde eigenlijk cabaretier worden” | Metro

• De uitstervende motorbendes van Japan | VICE | Netherlands

• Japan's State Guest House could soon be open to tourists | The Japan Times

• Terrorism Fuels Stereotyping of Muslims | Nippon.com

• Hakone bustles with foreign visitors despite earlier reports of volcanic threat - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Likely to Hit 2020 Tourism Goal Early, Thanks to Chinese Visitors - WSJ

• Japan lawmakers want to revisit controversial conspiracy law in wake of Paris attacks | The Japan Times

• Japan sees record number of overseas tourists in October | The Japan Times

• Japanese women suffer widespread 'maternity harassment' at work | World news | The Guardian

• Japanese agriculture: Government weighs higher tax on idle farms- Nikkei Asian Review

• Edo Period erotic art draws huge, excited crowds in Tokyo - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Why can't Japan shake its economic malaise? Two words: old people.

• Same-sex marriages? Japan's been there, done that, kind of | The Japan Times

• Japan Seeking Temp Intelligence Officers to Study Islamic State - WSJ

• Behind Japanese parochialism | The Japan Times

• Behind Japanese parochialism | The Japan Times

• Japan piling probe to expand to entire industry as data falsification fears grow | The Japan Times

• Ginza's devastation from Allied bombs shown in harrowing war photo exhibit - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Kyoto Temple Cycling Tour - Odigo Japan

• French radio announcer who fled after Fukushima crisis wins damages from NHK - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan's Islamic centers report no threats, feel Islam is misunderstood here | The Japan Times

• 'Proactive pacifism' makes Japan a target for Islamic terrorists: experts | The Japan Times

• 'Proactive pacifism' makes Japan a target for Islamic terrorists: experts | The Japan Times

• Japan's three arrows of Abenomics continue to miss their targets | Business | The Guardian

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• Japan’s recovery hits another speed bump | The Economist

• Hachiko no longer alone, but crowd-getter also draws criticism - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Lack of Workers Hobbles Japan’s Growth - WSJ

• Japan's Abe sees 'gradual improvement' in China ties: spokesman | Reuters

• Nearly half of Japan’s working women are accused of “causing trouble” when they get pregnant - Quartz

• Why Japan Keeps Falling Into Recession - WSJ

• Japan Olympics stadium construction falls further behind schedule | Reuters

• Japan relapses into recession in July-September, a blow to Abenomics | Reuters

• Japan's economy falls back into recession again - BBC News

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Japan News Articles. November 9 - 15

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• Shibuya's redevelopment to create a futuristic railway station fit for the 21st century | The Japan Times

• More couples saying, 'I do ... but not yet' | The Japan Times

• Japan victim's father calls 'Jihadi John' death karma, not closure

• Manga rows show why it’s still Japan’s medium of protest | World news | The Guardian

• Japan earthquake: Magnitude 7.0 - CNN.com

• Nieuws -  Kei Cars: Waarom zien we deze geniale microwagens niet in Europa?

• Nationwide curriculum to end free-for-all in English teacher training | The Japan Times

• Asahi Kasei piling scandal grows to at least 50 workers, 266 sites | The Japan Times

• Japan Regulator Wants Plutonium Reactor Operator Replaced - ABC News

• Japan to re-examine verdicts in war crimes trials from Second World War - Telegraph

• Nog Een Keer Japanse Herfst – Kyoto, Japan | Columbus Travel

• Japan's place in the world | The Japan Times

• Abe seeks measures to prevent workers from quitting jobs to care for family | The Japan Times

• Asahi Kasei piling scandal grows to at least 50 workers, 266 sites | The Japan Times

• Moderating Japan’s UNESCO Policy | The Diplomat

• Can Japan and China Ever Finish Their Maritime Communication Negotiations? | The Diplomat

• DPJ on the rocks amid calls for merger with Ishin no To | The Japan Times

• Crown Princess Masako attends first Imperial garden party in 12 years | The Japan Times

• Welfare ministry proposes easing child care leave prerequisites | The Japan Times

• Q. and A.: Ezra F. Vogel on China's Shifting Relations With Japan and Taiwan - The New York Times

• Wat je moet weten over Japans vliegende paradepaardje - rtlz.nl

• A minimalist lifestyle amid Japan's consumer society | Fox News Latino

• Kazuyoshi Miura: Japan legend signs new Yokohama deal at 48 - BBC Sport

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• Japan advisors call for minimum wage increase to boost consumption | Reuters

• Japan woedend over 'tienersekslaster' | Buitenland | de Volkskrant

• Toshiba lawsuit highlights Japan governance reform still lacking: lawyers | Reuters

• Explaining Japanese Parochialism | The Diplomat

• Envie de vivre au Japon ? Achetez une maisonnette pour seulement 22 000 € !

• Abe launches tourism panel; inbound target may be raised | The Japan Times

• Die handelsmissie naar Japan? Dat is een communicatief mijnenveld - NRC Q

• U.N. official's claim that 13% of Japanese girls engage in 'compensated dating' angers government | The Japan Times

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• “Shichi-Go-San” | Nippon.com

• Japan wages up modestly, summer bonuses slump; keep lid on consumption | Reuters

• After visit to child care facility, Abe says he'll study reducing burden of pregnancy, childbirth | The Japan Times

• Japan’s Train Diplomacy | The Diplomat

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Japan News Articles. November 2 - 8

• French institution hails Meiji Era photos taken by young tourist to Japan - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• After visit to child care facility, Abe says he'll study reducing burden of pregnancy, childbirth | The Japan Times

• Japan hopes to lure foreign investment through cut in corporate tax rate | Ames Tribune

• A guide to disaster survival and good design | The Japan Times

• BBC - Culture - Hokusai and the wave that swept the world

• Japan Today

• Japan Today

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• Heart of darkness: Nostalgic Tokyo disappearing amid construction boom | The Japan Times

• How's life? Not so hot in Japan | The Japan Times

• Without doubt, company executives will just go with the flow | The Japan Times

• Toshiba posts ¥90.5 billion operating loss for April-September period, sues executives over scandal | The Japan Times

• Pugwash scientists demand Japan end troubled nuclear fuel recycling program - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Japanese solution | The Economist

• How Japan Fell In Love With Whisky - The Daily Beast

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• The refugee crisis: What about Japan? | The Japan Times

• How Can Japan Improve Its Relations With China and South Korea? | The Diplomat

• Japan ups annual tourist target to 30 million as visitor numbers surge | The Japan Times

• Backlash prompts Japan to rethink controversial university policy | Asia | DW.COM | 06.11.2015

• Sickness Masks Sold in Japan as Beauty Products

• The Buddhist Priest Who Became a Billionaire Snubbing Investors - Bloomberg Business

• After spooking parishioners, robot monks teach imperfection, impermanence - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Zen no more: Japan shuns its Buddhist traditions as temples close | World news | The Guardian

• Japanse boeddhistische tempels zijn gedoemd

• Japan's tiny homes are the future of cities

• 'I Am Exhilarated': Couple Rejoices After Collecting Japan's First Same-Sex Marriage Certificate : People.com Mobile

• Cult of the cute: Japan’s ‘kawaii’ culture on show at the V&A - FT.com

• EU telt niet meer mee op mondiale varkensmarkt - Zonder deal met Japan | Boerenbusiness.nl

• Japan's first official same-sex couple celebrate - CNN.com

• Zwakkere yen helpt Nikkei vooruit | Beursduivel.be

• 'Unbroken' finally gets a break in Japan | The Japan Times

• High school student launches product to deter train gropers | The Japan Times

• Tokyo's famed Hotel Okura auctions furniture, memorabilia | The Japan Times

• Japan Post goes public, shares soar above offering prices | The Japan Times

• Made in Japan: the true birthplace of modern art | Art and design | The Guardian

• Despite talks with Abe, Park unlikely to concede on history | The Japan Times

• Go undercover: Tattooed travellers in Japan beware | The Economist

• Nissan's driverless car is a safe but cautious ride | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Cassettebandjes en fax heersen in high-tech Japan - Webwereld

• Proactive diplomacy for peace under Japan’s new security legislation | East Asia Forum

• Japan: Splits, Mergers and Alliances | The Diplomat

• China, Japan, S. Korea relations 'completely restored' - CNN.com

• Why is hi-tech Japan using cassette tapes and faxes? - BBC News

• In Japan, Moss Gathers New Fans - WSJ

• Asahi Kasei falsified data in 300 projects, sources say | The Japan Times

• Abe, Park hold first bilateral talks since taking office, address 'comfort women' dispute | The Japan Times

• Japan and South Korea summit signals thaw in relations | World news | The Guardian

• `Cost of study in Japan lower than US, UK' - The Times of India on Mobile

• Cancer and Fukushima: Who to trust? | The Japan Times

• ‘Womenomics’ makes small chips in Japan’s glass ceiling

• Tackle embedded racism before it chokes Japan | The Japan Times

• What travelers should know before visiting Japan

• NPO Radio 1 - Kayo Maru

• Halloween Around the World: Why Japan's Monsters Are the Spookiest - The Atlantic

• Japan Today

• East Asia leaders agree to revive annual trilateral summit | The Japan Times

• Au Japon, escapade sur les îles de l'art - Le Temps

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Minato Mirai from 北仲通北地区

Few pics from the new promenade park (北仲通北第二公園 & 北仲通北第三公園)

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Evening sky from the roof

Sunset in Fujisawa - Katasenishihamakaigan

Japan News Articles. October 26 - November 1

• Plein Phare : vit-on différemment l'automobile à Tokyo ? - Automoto - TF1

• Ex-U.N. refugee agency chief urges Japan to do more to help | Reuters

• Deep-set attitude hampers 'Womenomics' ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Halloween in Japan goes from foreign oddity to popular phenomenon - CBS News

• Tokyo Motor Show: SQUARE cars are HIP in Japan! - NY Daily News

• Japan may widen millimeter-wave radar band for self-driving vehicles | The Japan Times

• Japan Launches New Warship | The Diplomat

• Not-so-friendly neighborhood associations | The Japan Times

• Tsukiji countdown: clock ticking on famed fish market | The Japan Times

• 'Obsolete' gangsters proving problematic | The Japan Times

• Cancer and Fukushima: Who to trust? | The Japan Times

• Halloween revelers descend on Shibuya, urged to keep it clean | The Japan Times

• Tokyo Motor Show: 5 future trends - CNN.com

• What’s Weird about Japanese Halloween - The Daily Beast

• Piling scandal probe may expand to other firms, minister hints | The Japan Times

• 'Star Wars' paint job Show ANA ambition as Japan markets applaud | The Japan Times

• Calming waters? Why Japan, S. Korea, and China are suddenly talking - CSMonitor.com

• Japan Post's murky privatization | The Japan Times

• BOJ postpones 2% inflation target in wake of low oil prices | The Japan Times

• VIDEO: Honey, I shrunk the house: Downsizing architecture (eng_us)

• Ken jij de Japanse kotatsu al? - Design - Wonen - KnackWeekend Mobile

• Japanse boeddhistische tempel sluit homo-huwelijken - Boeddhistisch Dagblad

• Hope fades that trade pact could melt Japan butter shortage | Reuters

• No tricks: Halloween all the rage in Japan as costume play - US News

• Monetary policy in Japan: The Bank of Japan keeps printing money at speed | The Economist

• BBC World Service - The Documentary, Misunderstanding Japan

• Temples of doom | The Economist

• Defense bureau steams ahead with Okinawa landfill work | The Japan Times

• Hydrogen cars - Japan's water powered revolution? - BBC News

• How Tourism Shaped Photography in 19th Century Japan | Smart News | Smithsonian

• Japan: Translation hotlines set up to help tourists - BBC News

• Who saved Kyoto from the atomic hellfire? | The Japan Times

• Driverless systems are scene-stealers at Tokyo Motor Show | The Japan Times

• Anticipating more muscular missions, MSDF launches new minesweeper | The Japan Times

• Number of computer-illiterate young people in Japan increasing - 毎日新聞

• Waarom het aantal wasserettes in Japan met 63 procent steeg

• Auto power play: Japan's hydrogen car in a race against China's battery drive | The Japan Times

• 'Womenomics' Makes Small Chips in Japan's Glass Ceiling - ABC News

• Japan urged to ban manga child abuse images | World news | The Guardian

• AutoWereld in Japan (1): naar de rijschool in Tokio

• Nieuws -  Onvoorstelbaar: zo behaal je je rijbewijs in Japan

• Ahead of summit, China urges Japan make break from 'inglorious' past

• Japan Today

• Auto power play: Japan's hydrogen car vs China's battery drive | Reuters

• Sacred mountain in western Tokyo seduces foreigners with geisha nights on summit - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Tepco completes sea wall to keep tainted Fukushima No. 1 water from reaching sea | The Japan Times

• Why does Japan love Halloween so much, and is it celebrating the holiday the right way? | RocketNews24

• Ahead of summit, China urges Japan make break from 'inglorious' past | Reuters

• Abe's magic doesn't work | The Japan Times

• Le japonais Uniqlo inscrit sa mode dans le temps

• Japan couple freed after 20 years in doubt over murder guilt - Channel NewsAsia

• Eerste ANA-vlucht uit Tokio komt aan op Brussels Airport - Flightlevel

• All Nippon Airways gestart met dagelijkse vlucht Brussel-Tokio | Metro

• In Japan, adultery can cost you your job as well as your marriage | The Japan Times

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Sunset from Chojagasaki (Hayama)

Japan News Articles. October 19 - 25

• Manga to train men as 'house husbands' pulled after drawing online anger - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Bees a barometer for Japan's ills, expert says | The Japan Times

• Butter sushi becoming an unlikely hit in Osaka ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Taiwan president says should remember good things Japan did | Reuters

• Abe raises eyebrows when he's off script | The Japan Times

• Ishin no To faction votes to dissolve party; legality of move questioned | The Japan Times

• Japan to implement ID card following Estonia’s example - Estonian World

• 'We kunnen van Japan leren over omgaan met dementie' - AD.nl

• Japan Today

• Japan revokes passport of man accused of vandalizing shrine with oily liquid | The Japan Times

• British architect wins Japan toilet award and praise for his innovative lavatory - Telegraph

• Japan’s biggest yakuza organization tweets to announce that Halloween is cancelled this year | RocketNews24

• Japan's hidden caste of untouchables - BBC News

• Opposition eyes campaign tie-up | The Japan Times

• Koizumi's political skills to be tested with appointment to LDP's Policy Research Council | The Japan Times

• Japan's so-called visa overstayers tell of life in legal limbo | The Japan Times

• Early images from Japan of geisha and samurai warriors faked to attract tourists | Daily Mail Online

• 'Unbroken' to Finally Be Shown in Japan - The New York Times

• Russia beefs up Kurils military base despite Japan tensions - BBC News

• Asahi Kasei subsidiary worker linked to leaning Yokohama condo handled 41 projects over 10 years, firm reveals | The Japan Times

• Out with the old: the ghost homes of Japan

• Why Most Photos You See of Feudal Japan Are Deceptive | Motherboard

• Vending Machines to Offer Free Rental Umbrellas in Japan - Japan Real Time - WSJ

• The riff: trends behind Japan’s boom in launderettes - FT.com

• Some of Japan's best autumn leaf viewing spots ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• 56% of hotels in Japan bar visitors with tattoos from bathing facilities ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Three cases of whine offer lessons in how not to criticize Japan | The Japan Times

• Hard times for Japan's yakuza gangsters - Yahoo News

• Opposition bloc slams scandal-hit government for shying away from extra Diet session | The Japan Times

• Tokyo can feel less than welcoming to food allergy sufferers | The Japan Times

• Warning: This viral video of high school girls might make you blush | Japan Pulse

• The riff: trends behind Japan’s boom in launderettes - FT.com

• Japan's overseas tourist arrivals surpass those of last year in just nine months | The Japan Times

• Japan's Tightest Labor Market in Decades Hasn't Boosted Spending - Bloomberg Business

• Japan to Pay Cancer Bills for Fukushima Worker - NYTimes.com

• Japan bears a greater responsibility at the U.N. | The Japan Times

• Japan's student protests: To the barricades in designer gear - BBC News

• Scandal wave a whack-a-mole challenge for Japan | smh.com.au

• Rethinking Japan - NYTimes.com

• Tilting condo may be tip of iceberg for shoddy housing construction nationwide | The Japan Times

• Abe eroding Japan's soft power | The Japan Times

• Japan tries to ease South Korea's concern over military role

• Season of scandal hits Japan with flurry of corporate confession | The Japan Times

• Japan to pay Fukushima worker cancer compensation - BBC News

• Harpooned | The Economist

• Japan lawmakers visit Yasukuni shrine en masse - Channel NewsAsia

• Japan bevestigt eerste geval van kanker door straling Fukushima | NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl

• An increasingly bitter battle of the ages brews in Japan | The Japan Times

• Probe into condo piling launched; ministry eyes punishment for builders | The Japan Times

• Mind Before Matter: How Consciousness is Making a Comeback Through Scientific Exploration | The Mind Unleashed

• A blast from the past as automakers make quiet engines noisy - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Needs an Opposition Alliance | The Diplomat

• PressTV-US, Japan join naval forces in drill

• Japan says PM sent war shrine offering as individual, but China unhappy | Reuters

• Upgraded destroyer USS Benfold arrives at new home in Japan - Pacific - Stripes

• Japan furious at UNESCO listing Nanjing Massacre documents | Asia | DW.COM | 19.10.2015

• Abe becomes first sitting Japanese leader to board U.S. aircraft carrier | The Japan Times

• Slapen In Een Klooster – Honshu centraal, Japan | Columbus Travel

• What's it like to be black in Japan? - BBC News

• Japan's Suga: PM sent ritual offering to Yasukuni as an individual | Daily Mail Online

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Sunset in Yokohama

Japan News Articles. October 12 - 18

• Abe becomes first sitting Japanese leader to board U.S. aircraft carrier | The Japan Times

• Japan Today

• Abe becomes first sitting Japanese leader to board U.S. aircraft carrier | The Japan Times

• Abe becomes first Japan PM to board US carrier - News - Stripes

• Japan Shows Off Military Machines - WSJ

• 'Konbini' magic keeps stores precisely stocked round the clock | The Japan Times

• Dan teaches us how to be 'the man' in Japan | The Japan Times

• Kirin invites customers to smile — and have a drink or two | The Japan Times

• What's in a name? Japan debates whether to allow spouses to adopt separate surnames | The Japan Times

• Japan's public diplomacy of churlish cluelessness | The Japan Times

• True Edo spirit can be found floating in a public bath | The Japan Times

• No sex talk please, we're Japanese | The Japan Times

• Sinking condo in Yokohama blamed on negligence by pile-driver worker | The Japan Times

• Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni shrine ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• Japan PM Abe presses firms to lift capital spending to revive economy

• Japan to lift duties on all vegetables, most fishery products under TPP | The Japan Times

• Island warrior | The Economist

• Japan wins U.N. security council seat - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Japan Is Serving Foreigners Food from Post-Meltdown Fukushima | MUNCHIES

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• Security legislation promises more than it can deliver | The Japan Times

• WMF calls for Tokyo's Tsukiji wooden buildings to be preserved | The Japan Times

• Women on the run from domestic violence fear cracks in My Number system | The Japan Times

• Tokyo 2020 organizers launch fresh search for Olympic logo | The Japan Times

• Japan facing explosion in cyber-crime, claims report - SC Magazine

• The Abe government versus the Emperor on history issues | The Japan Times

• Deadly disease lab opens amid local fears | The Japan Times

• Leaning tower forces Asahi Kasei to check 3,000 residential buildings | The Japan Times

• In diplomatic flurry, Abe invites Xi; Park says she's ready to talk | The Japan Times

• New education minister vows to promote LGBT rights, use Olympics to push social issues | The Japan Times

• House Hunting in ... in Japan - NYTimes.com

• Sluit Frisk fabriek in Leuven ? - Belg.be

• Japan moet miljoenen betalen voor geluidsoverlast Amerikaanse militaire basis - Het Nieuwsblad Mobile

• Japan restarts second nuclear reactor despite public opposition | World news | The Guardian

• Vladimir Putin's visit to Japan postponed indefinitely | World news | The Guardian

• Toothless tiger: Japan Self-Defence Forces - BBC News

• Reviving Shinto: Prime Minister Abe tends special place in Japan's soul (+video) - CSMonitor.com

• Abe orders reduced rates to cushion blow from 2017 tax hike | The Japan Times

• Yamanote Line in central Tokyo getting new trains in November - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• The Disappearance of Self in Japan

• EDITORIAL: Abe government's 'inward-looking' diplomacy serves no purpose - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• BBC News website launches Japanese language site - BBC News

• Okinawa governor revokes approval for U.S. base relocation work at Henoko | The Japan Times

• What makes Tokyo the world's greatest food city? - CNN.com

• Japan should avoid making suicidal education mistakes | The Japan Times

• Obama adviser raises concerns about Japan's plutonium stockpile - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Kinderen rond Fukushima krijgen sneller kanker — Wel.nl

• Should Russia return the four disputed islands off Hokkaido to Japan? ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

• China's top diplomat to visit Japan amid new spy report | Reuters

• INSIGHT: Former British diplomat concerned over Abe’s war anniversary statement - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• As the Standoff in Okinawa Continues, the U.S. Should Be Embarrassed - FPIF

• Former American POWs visit Japan, recount memories - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Bourdain: Okinawa isn't the Japan I know - CNN.com

• Mount Fuji crowned by snow, 11 days later than usual - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

• Fukushima nuclear meltdown: Inside Japan's forgotten town, four years after tsunami disaster | Asia | News | The Independent

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